[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[April 12, 1991]
[Page 363]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Charles R. Bowers To Be United States Ambassador to 
Bolivia
April 12, 1991

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Charles R. 
Bowers, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Bolivia. He would succeed Robert S. Gelbard.
    Since 1989 Mr. Bowers has served as an Executive Assistant to the 
Under Secretary for Management at the Department of State. Mr. Bowers 
has served at the Department of State in several capacities, including: 
special adviser and senior staff officer, 1988-1989; Executive Director 
for the Bureau of European Affairs, 1980-1983; Deputy Executive Director 
at the Bureau of European Affairs, 1978-1980; personnel officer, 1974-
1975; and special assistant to Assistant Secretary for Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, 1973-1974. Mr. Bowers has also served in many U.S. 
Embassies, including: administrative counselor in Bonn, Germany, 1983-
1988; administrative counselor in Singapore, 1976-1978; general services 
officer in Warsaw, Poland, 1970-1972; and a junior officer in Panama, 
1967-1969. Mr. Bowers joined the Foreign Service in 1967.
    Mr. Bowers graduated from the University of California at Berkeley 
(B.A., 1966; and M.A., 1967). He was born May 26, 1940, in Carthage, MO. 
Mr. Bowers served in the U.S. Army, 1961-1964. Mr. Bowers is married, 
has two children, and resides in Arlington, VA.